2017-2018 9th Grade Humanities2

Ishmael by Daniel Quinn – Available Soon (ISBN: 978-0-55-337540-4)Records the philosophical conversations that take place between a man and a gorilla named Ishmael after the man answers an advertisement for a pupil with a desire to save the world.

Homer's the Iliad translated by Robert Fagles-Available Soon (ISBN: 978-0-1404-4592-3)Ancient Greek epic poem, set during the Trojan war.

Sophocles translation by Robert Fagles – Available Soon (ISBN: 978-0-14-044425-4)Presents three Greek plays by Sophocles detailing life in Thebes.

Siddhartha by Herman Hesse - Available Soon (ISBN: 978-0553208849)In the novel, Siddhartha, a young man, leaves his family for a contemplative life, then, restless, discards it for one of the flesh. He conceives a son, but bored and sickened by lust and greed, moves on again. Near despair, Siddhartha comes to a river where he hears a unique sound. This sound signals the true beginning of his life -- the beginning of suffering, rejection, peace, and, finally, wisdom.

Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare- Available Soon (ISBN:978-0743482745)

Presents the annotated text of Shakespeare's tragedy in which Cassius, fearing Julius Caesar's ambition, forms a conspiracy among Roman republicans, including Caesar's trusted friend Brutus, to assassinate him on the Ides of March; and includes scene-by-scene plot summaries, and other reference material.